Ashley Colpaart

Now that every team has played a match at the World Cup, here are my first impressions on each team: Mexico: underwhelming South Korea: way better than expected Czechia: slow South Africa: major ass Switzerland: should have won by 7 goals Canada: underwhelming Bosnia and Herzegovina: set pieces very dangerous, everything else bad Qatar: terrible Morocco: definite dark horse, could run deep Scotland: meh Haiti: surprisingly competitive Brazil: worst version of Brazil I have ever seen USA: best version of U.S. I've seen in two decades Turkiye: rollercoaster of a team Australia: more competitive than i thought Paraguay: ass Germany: holy fuck what a destruction Ivory Coast: slow starters, really grew into match Ecuador: underwhelming Curacao: rest in peace Sweden: 5-1 a real stretch scoreline, will be overrated going forward Netherlands: solid Japan: solid Tunisia: manager deserved to be fired Belgium: underwhelming Iran: slept through most of their match New Zealand: slept through most of their match Egypt: can compete with some better teams Spain: snoozefest but will change once Yamal/Williams start Uruguay: underwhelming for most of their match but showed some signs Saudi Arabia: woof Cape Verde: it's not gonna get any better than that Norway: physical team, can cause problems France: top end talent so good, can overcome being terrible for 2/3 of a match Senegal: better than expected Iraq: had some opportunities, not awful Austria: decent Argentina: if Algeria's goalie wasnt a dumpster, we would have concerns Algeria: dumpster goalie Jordan: woof Colombia: underwhelming, gave up quality chances DR Congo: way better than expected Portugal: what the fuck was that Uzbekistan: surprisingly competitive England: powerhouse Ghana: bad but opponent was also bad Panama: very bad Croatia: old af